because of 1 fanatical individual its a bit unfair to assume all christians think like that or share that specific individual's opinions
well the [scrap that bit too touchy] wouldve stoned him. good few million of them
More evidence refuting the notion that the supposedly unaffiliated are blameless, harmless, and incapable of bigotry.Gary2880 said:kick the living **** out of all these people
I guess you weren't kidding about fundamental atheists. They do exist. You are affiliated!
roundshort said:All fundies (I really don't care what affiliation should drink their own kool-aid (like) drink!
Attila the Professor said:Never been one to advocate elimination, but there's something to that, yeah. How can we have robust senses of identity, ideology, and so forth, and yet avoid the pitfalls of absolute certainty?
I believe there's always great danger when a cause or idea, be it religious or otherwise, becomes so important to some that it in itself entirely eclipses the humanity that said notion is meant to better or serve. Fanatics, whatever creed they adhere to, by definition have allowed human beings (or at least certain segments of humanity) to become far less important than what they are trying to achieve. Hence, you get people claiming to serve a loving God firebombing abortion clinics, stating that they are fighting to save lives by committing acts of violence on unsuspecting women and their families.Attila the Professor said:Never been one to advocate elimination, but there's something to that, yeah. How can we have robust senses of identity, ideology, and so forth, and yet avoid the pitfalls of absolute certainty?
Paden said:I believe there's always great danger when a cause or idea, be it religious or otherwise, becomes so important to some that it in itself entirely eclipses the humanity that said notion is meant to better or serve. Fanatics, whatever creed they adhere to, by definition have allowed human beings (or at least certain segments of humanity) to become far less important than what they are trying to achieve. Hence, you get people claiming to serve a loving God firebombing abortion clinics, stating that they are fighting to save lives by committing acts of violence on unsuspecting women and their families.
I can't help but think of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. In that novel, the Church imprisons Jesus after he returns to Earth and shortly thereafter, Christ is visited in his cell by the Grand Inquisitor. Addressing Jesus, the Grand Inquisitor extols the marvelous works done by the church and how, in taking so many decisions out of the hands of the common man, the Church has brought humanity to a happy, contented stupor. For that reason, the Grand Inquistor tells Jesus that he will be put to death the following day. Christ, he explains, came to liberate men from spiritual bondage and to provide them with a sense of value. Such teaching would undermine all the good the Church has done, so Jesus cannot be freed to spread subversion amongst men. The Grand Inquisitor has become so wrapped in the "good" he is accomplishing, he is willing to kill the God he claims to serve.
I guess what I'm struggling to verbalize is that narrowness, a viewpoint that only looks at one thing (or perhaps, in some cases, a single facet of something), to the exclusion of everything else, especially the impact of one's actions on others, leads to danger.
AngieAki said:For the record, I didn't post this to say "OMG all Christians are stupid" or anythingk like that. I posted it because I was shocked as to how stupid and evil people can be. I found it amusing and sad and thought I would share it. There are nut jobs of all religions Christianity, Islam, Wicca (fluffy bunnies lol), ect.
Mickiana said:Isn't gravity interesting? It's a force that permeates the whole universe. Like the chicken and the egg, what came first, gravity or matter?
And another great moment in Fundamentalist Atheism:ResidentAlien said:Raven is now the proud host of number 101